Manure-spreader.



H. T. INGHRAM.

MANUBE SPRBADEB.

APPLIOATIQN FILED MAY 12, 1908.

991.065. Patented May 2, 1911.

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H11: INGHRAM. MANURE SPBEADER. APPLIUATIN FILED MAY 12. 1908.

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H. T.- INGHRAM MANURB sPEADER. APPLIUATION FILED HAY 12. 1908.

Patented May 2, 1911.

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` y HOWARD r. INGHRAM, or FAmFinLD, IOWA.

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To dllfwkom t muy concern:

Be itknown that I, HOWARD INGHRAM,

ai citizen-of the United States, residing at F airfield, inthe county ofl Jefferson. and Statejof Iowa, have invented certain new i and `useful Improvements in Manara Spieaders;` and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact'descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to ,which it ripper tains to malte anduse the saine.

rlhis invention relates to certain improvements in mainire spreaders of that character in which a wagon body is provided with an chain conveyer operated from and (wherein Aa beater or revolving toothed wheel is used in connection with the con veyer to comminute and distribute thema- Y terial.

The main object of my invention is to provide a construction wherein the beater and the conveyer belt shall be operated by means of thesnpporting Wheels lof the ve-v hicle and wherebyl the operation of the beater maybe stopped either manually or auto- .matically when the conveyer has arrived at a certain point in its travel.

" A further object is to provide means for more thoroughly comininuting or distributing the materia the conveyer, so that it may be distributed in a relatively even con- Vdition upon the ground.

A further object is to provide means to permit the vehicle to turn and therefore the opposite wheels ofthe vehicle to rotate at varying speeds without interrupting the operation of the beater or conveyer shafts or affecting the speeds thereof.

A further ob ect is to provide means for adjusting the spoed oftravel of t-he con veyer with relation to the rotation of the beater, and to also provide means whereby the conveyer can be readily removed from the wagon body and rolled upon a suitable receiving shaft where it 'will vbe `out of the wayv either.. when it is desired to use the wagon forrotlier purposes or when it is desired to store the device,V

yThese ends I accomplish by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

l Figure 1 is a side'elevation of the rear end ofthe vehicle showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the conveyer supporting framedetached Specification of Letters Patent. i

from the wagon body. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. il is a rear elevation of the conveyer an d feeder supporting frame with its allied parts detached from the 'wagon body. Fig. is a fragmentary side elevation showing y the means for adjusting the degree of movementof the conveyor operating shaft. 'Fig 6 is a detail elevatiomenlarged, of the a'uto matic means to cause the conveyor' to be thrown into operatioi-i.l Fig. 7 is a fragmentary top plan of 'the forward end of the vehicle, showing the discharging conveyer and itssproclret chains. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the tension device for the main operating `chain detached. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevation of the forward bol-- ster of the vehicle, the wagon body 'being in section and showing the means for elevating the wagon body. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of one of the side fi ames employed for supporting the various shafts and gear 'wheels of my device, parte of the frame being disassembled, Fig. 11 is a fragmentary elevation of the rear bolster and the means for supporting the box thereof, and Fig' 12 is an end view. of said box supporting A means, the rear bolsterabeing in section.

' In thedrawings, 1 denotes t-he boxof any 'l suitable vehicle such as is ordinarily em-V ployed in farm wagons, said' box being supportedas usual by front and rear bolsters 2 and 3, these holsters being','of course, supported on the wheels l1. The box is held in position on the holsters 2 and 3 by uprights such as are ordinarily" employed. Under ordinary circumstances the box. of the wagon will rest upon the holsters in any desired manner, but when itis desired to employ the vehicle as a manure spreader in conjunction with my mechanism, the forward end of the 'box is elevated by the brackets 6 shown in Fig. 9. These brackets are adapted to rest upon the bolster 2 and are provided at their lower ends with the depending opposed Hang-es 7 which iitover the bolster and hold the bracket against any transverse movenient thereon. prevented by ears 8 which engage opposite sides of the uprights 5. The rear end of the body 1 is supported on the brackets 9, shown in Fig. 11, which also have opposed depending iianges 10 engaging withthe bolster and which are also providedy with ears 10a and 10" which engage with the uprights 5 ofthe bolster 3. It will he seen that the v Patented May 2, 19,11.

.Application filed May 12, 1908. vSerial No. 432,464. f

This movement is further',

I forwardgbrack'ets are slightly higher thanV the rear brackets and that therefore the wagon box is supported on an 'inclinedown Vwardly and rearwardly. i l5 'Thea main portion of the mechanism for supporting and operating the feeder. and its.

'attachedv gears is adapted `to .be-'supported upon the rear end of the wagon box and to be removed therefrom. To thisend -I pro- 19 vde -the opposedv framesl 11 Whose form is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These frames have each. the rearwardly extending arm 1 2 terminating 'in upwardly extending ends 13. "The end of the arm is inwardlyfbent upon itself, as at13, to'form a hook to engage with the upper edge of the body 1 .somewhat forward ofthe rear edge of the body, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and3. The @frame 11 lat its upper edge adjacent the l junction vwiththe extended. arm 12 is pro- -vided with spaced ears 14, between :which the 'end ofthe diagonal brace.. rod 15 is received. This end of the. brace rod 'is threaded and rprovided with a nut 161 whereby V,the brace rod may be drawnupward to hold the frame in position'. The opposite end of the rod115 is pivotally securedV to an ear 17 .projecting from the upper side of the bracket 9, as shown in Fig. 12. By this arrangement each of the frames 11 is eectually, held from dis# `lacement and clamped upon the wagon ody.v These frames may be readily removed by loosening the nuts 16 and disconnecting the rod 15 fromthe frames 11, lwhereupon the vframes may loe-withdrawn 'rearwardly from the wagon body. There-is a frame 11 at each side of the body 1 and they are similar, except that one of the frames'supporting the mechanism for I`0`operatin the discharge conveyer to be herev inafter escribed, has a closer approximation to 'a square .than the other frame. 'Mounted in bearings inthe frames 11 is a shaftv 18 having fixed thereto a. distributing' beater 19 com osed of opposed wheels fast upon the shaftand 'cross bars, these cross bars being provided with outwardly projecting teeth. i-"hese'may-be made of any general or preferred construction. 'One end yofthe shaft 18 projects beyond one of the frames 11. and has affixed thereto a gear wheel 19 which is 'engaged by a sprocket cchain 20.. This sprocket chain 20 passes around a sprocket wheell 21 looseon a shaft -22and mounted in the lower outer corners -of'- the frame 11. y The chain 2O also passes around an'l idle gear wheel 23 mounted .in the frame 11 abovethe gear 19 above referred to.` The gear wheelf21isloosely-mounted on anextended portion of the shaft 22 and this 'extended portion has also loosely mountedl therevon a sprocket wheel 24. This -is engaged 'by a v'sprocket chain 25 which in turn passes around a sprocket 26're1novably secured to the z spokes 27 of the traction wheel 4. The shaft at a pointv l*22 extends from one frame 11` to .tl-he other, and, as before stated, projects at both ends beyond the frames 11'. The end of the shaft opposite totlat end on which the sprocket wheel 21 is mounted is provided with a loose sprocket' wheel 28 precisely similar to"4 the sprocket wheel 24 on the opposite end yof the The wheel 28 is engaged by the sprocket chain 25 which passes around a second large sprocket 30 removably secured to 'the tract-ion wheel 4. It will thusbe 'seen that., the shaft l22 is'driven by. sprockets on both ends, which sprockets engage with.

'sprocket wheels on the main wheels ofthe wagonl AThe wheel 28 has an 'inwardly projecting hub 3.1, the inner edge of which is toothed to intermesh with the toothed edge of .a collar 32he1d fast on the' shaft 22 by a set screw- 33. The teeth of the extende hub 31vand the collar 32 are ratchet teeth and are inclined soas tol engage whenthe sprocket wheel 28A is rotated in one direction vbut to permit the sprocket 28 to ride loosely over the collar 32, when the sprocket wheel 28 is rotated in an opposite direction.A The teeth f the sprocket wheel 28 are normally Vheld in mesh with the collar bya coiled spring 34 which embraces the shaft 22 and is interposed between the outer faces of the sprocket 2.8 and the collar 35 held on the outer A end portionbf the shaft 22 by a set The sprocket wheel 24 is mounted on the shaft 22 in a similar 'manner to the sprocket 28', and is spring pressed .a ainst the coll-ar 37 which is fixed to the sha t and with relation to the sprocket 24, acts like the collar 32, has its inner edge also toothed andthistoothed edge acts-in rconjunction with teeth projecting from'a hub 38 on the wheel -21.

The sprocket wheel 21 is loose on'the shaft- 22, and the toothed edge. ofthe hub 38 is held normally in engagement with the teeth of collar 37 byv the coiled spring 39 which. embraces the shaft 22 and'forces the wheel This construction provides 21 outward. that when the hub 38'is in mesh with the sprocket wheel 37. the lgear 21 will be re- Volved with the rotationof the shaft 22 and' thereby cause the proper rotation of the con veyer 19. When, however, it is desired vto intercept the rotation of the conveyer 19, it

is only necessary that the wheel 21 be forced inward against the resiliency of the spring "39. This may bel done in any.Y desired manner, although. preferably. in the' manner shown in the drawing.

'In order to prevent' any undue` lateral movementof the frames 1l -with relationto the body,`t-he lower ends of said. framesare tied .together by a cross bar 40. .This cross bar alsoformssthe means forpivotng a bell crank lever 41. To one end of the bell crank is pivoted an arm 42 which extends rearward from the sprocketfwheel 21 and 4then upf;

war'dly, its end being suitably attached to the hub 38. The opposite end of the crank lever 41 is provided with a pin which passes th-rougha slotted bearing in the end oLt the e' lever 45 pivoted intermediate its lengthto the frame 11. The opposite end of the lever 45 is curved to project forwardly beneath the framell, and the lower end of this projecting portion 1s pivotallyattached to a rod` 46 which'extends longitudinally along the body` or box 1 and has itsforward end piv- I otally secured to the-lower end of an operating lever 47. This operating lever is pivoted intermediateits length to a bracket 48 V securedv to the side of the box 1.y lQtops 49 are Icarried by the bracket to limit the movement of. the lever. It is apparent from the foregoing that by` operating the lever 47 .thev

'sprocket wheel 21 may be shifted to disconnect it from the driving shaft 22 vand that thus the conveyermay be put out of operation.

In order that there may be a proper ten-'i Asiongat all times on the sprocket chains 2,5,

each of the frames 11 is provided with eyes 50 through which pass rods 51 terminating at their lower endseach in a curved shoe 52 engagement with the rod 51. 35

which isadapted to contact with the under surface of t-he lower stretch of one of the `chai-ns and is heldin engagement therewith by a 'coiled spring 53 embracing the upper end of the rod l51' and interposed between the; upper eye 5() and the nut 54 in threaded Thus 'the ten-l vsion o fthe spring 53 may be varied in order fto meet the necessities of practice or service.

The structure of' the tensioning device is- `more particularly shown'in Fig. 8.

It is particularly pointedout that the provision of the sprockets 24 and 28 which are loosely mounted upon the driving shaft 22 and which have aratchet toothed engagement with the shaft permits the turning of thegvehicle without in terferingwith the rotation of the shaft 2- 2 or the conveyer, orV

without causing the slipping of the traction wheels. l

Mountedin the `lower inner ends of the frames 11 is'a shaft 56 whichhas' one projectinglg'end.` Aflixed' to this projecting end isV a ratchet Wheel 55, and loosely mounted -ongthe shaft is an arm 57 which is-provided.

with'V a spring-pressedpawl 58 normally in engagement with, the ratchet -wheel 55. The

upper or free end of the arm 57 is pivot-ally.

attached to a rod 59 which terminates inv a slotted yoke 60. Through this yokepasses a wrist pin 61 of the sprocket 'wheel 149.

'i Thus," wl'th eachrotation of the sprocket rotated.

Y iallibe ,drawn reciproca-tion, l as" shown' in' detail in Fig. 5; Around' .the

, 6-5 Shaft 5 6 and between the :trames 11 passesanwheel'19, theratchet wheel will be partially The arm 57 with its attachedpart-s by 'the contractile spring '57,

forward after each rearward endless conveyer 62 adapted to discharge the load of manure. contained within the wagon. This conveyer is preferably formed of -tWo suitably spaced sprocket chains engaging. sprocket wheels (not shown). aiixed tothe.

shaft 5G. A, portion of theconveyer extends over the bottom of the body o1.,boXll,.;in

proximity thereto, and the forward endsof the conveyer chains pass around sprocket` that when the conveyer 62, or rather whenA a blade thereof, has made one complete nievement from the front of the wagonto the rear thereof, with relation to the.beaterl19,`that the beater 19 andthe conveyer j62 be thrown out of gear, so as to become motionless. To provide for the automatic disconnectionof the conveyer and beaterone of the blades 6 5 of the conveyer has projectinghorizontally theref-rom adjacent to its Vend an,A elongated bracket 66 which terminates :in al1- upwardly projecting ear 67 towhichiis pivotedaftinger 68. When passing over the bodyil the'nger 68 willbe held in a raised orhorizontal position, `as shown in full lines'n Fig. 7 :but f when it has reached the discharge end "of the body and passed the said. end, the trigger will fall by gravity to the lpositionl shownin Fig. 6, and thus will come in contact with the laterally projecting arm 41a on the .bell

crank lever 41 and will push vthis ar1,n,41d rearward, thereby operating the .bell crank lever to move the sprocket wheel 2,1finward `and disconnect it from the 'driving shaftZfZ. 1t is also necessary that some vmeans] 'should' bev provided for regulating then amountof 'movement of' the conveyer relative tof-the words, regulate the-Speed feeder, or, in other over the bottom ,of Ithe of the conveyer wagon body. 'To this end lhave provided f# one of the frames 11 witlrthealining: eyes or lips 69 through which, passes` a; bar 70.

`Thelower end of this:bar70 isprov-ided with an angular portion 7-1 which engages with the under edge ot' the-arm 57 andi-imite?.A

its movement in that direction; 4.'1`he. lower toothed,as at 72, and theseteethgengage with the eyes 69, being held-tofthis engagement bears against the rod 70 to-:forcef itdowna latch 7 3 which is 'spring-actuatedandq edge of the opposite end'olthe'b'arffOfis ward and intoengagementwith thel'eyes (i9. y' It is evident that the bar 0` may be adjusted y within the eyes 69.40 any .desired 'extent and*` "that .by adjustment Vof this barY the. throw;1 off thea'rm '57 upon forward movement-'may Wound and carried. In detail the construction is as follows. Each of the frames l1 is provided at its'lower end adjacentl to the bearings of the shaft 22 with eyes -74 which areengaged by hooks 75 formed on the ends of rods 76. These rodsI 7 6'have their other ends providedlwit'h eyes 77 in which is rotatably mounted a shaft 7 8 held from longitudinalmovement by. collars 79 secured tothe shaft by setscrews 80. One end, of the shaft 78 projects beyond the adjacent rod 7 6 and toit is affixed a crank -81 by means of which the shaft 78 may be rotated. Upon the` shaft' are secured collars 82 provided with depending hooks -83, the collars being secured to the shaft by set screws 84. When ritisdsired to removethe-conveyer from the bo y ofthe wagon the chains 62 of the conveyer are u ncoupled and an end link of each chan'is' placed'in engagement with one of the hooks 83.v The crankis then operated andthe conveyer chains wound upon the shaft 78. After this operation, the rods 76 maybe released from the veyes 74' and the conveyer-in its wound-up conditionmay be stored away. until again required.V If this l is not, desired, however, `the conveyer may.'

remain -upon the'side frames. Projecting upwardj from each of the frames 11 .an .suitably secured thereto, asby rivets or nuts areju'prights 8 5. .These -uprights-are locate slightly 1n advance-ofthe beater 19 andthey are slightly inclinedtoward4 the beater. The upper portions of the upright's 85 support trunnions bar ,87; which has depending' resiliently supting'ers 88. These fingers operate in.

conjunction with thebeater 19 and act 'to revent [any manure being carried around.

positionthro'ugh the medium of a retract-ile g' 89'. Thus theyzjwill.- yield coiledl sprin slightl .'f -.the material -is in .any wise en# H,tion of'themechanism or tend tobr'eak any gers clear the blades of the conveyer f and parts thereof.- 'Ordinarily,"however, the iinprevent the .materia1l from being Acarried ack into'the wagon. --The coiledspringenlgages one end .ofa'.hook90 projecting .from

the (Jossbar 8 7, 'and the opposite :end of the I shields 4 plane o 4may be operated to thebeater manually. 'The rotatable sup- 86' forming Athe ends .j of a 'cross ythebeaterand again return to the wagon. The' t` ln'gersl areresilientlysupported intheir'vvv spring is secured to the frame 85, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

The passage of the conveyer chains between the vehicle body and the rear bolster would tend to wear the upper surface of the rear .bolster and to prevent this I provide a shield 97 which is suitably aixed to the inner faces of each of the brackets 9. These the chain and over them the chains pass. 4In orderthat the shield may beheld project inwardly across the vertical l against displacement, its under surface is l recessed at 98, see Fig. 13, to snugly fit theV upper portion of the bolster. In' order that the uprights l may b e properly clamped to secure the bar 87 in.position,.across rod frames 86 above the bar 87.

It Will be seen that the frames support the beater and the sprocket wheelsare entirely removable from the wagon body 'and may easily be applied to an ordinary wagon body without any. change in the construction '-thereoil This attachment and detachment `of the frames is very easily accomplished.

It will also be obvious that I have provided means for distributing. part of the load at a. desired point and then by the operation of the lever 47 throwing the conveyer mecha# nism out of gear, sothat no more of the fertilizer may be distributed until anew portion ofthe field is reached. Further-,I

'have provided, it will be noted, meansfor entirely removing the conveyer belt and conveniently carrying and supporting it free fromthe wagon v99 is suitably secured' at its ends to the i l 1 00 body and therefore where it will notimpede the use of the V'wagon body for ordinary purposes. Thus, the beater alone and the material fed porting Ishaft, 78,"howev`er, ermits the conveyer to be easily unwoun and again at tached to the operating mechanism. Or,.the

conveyer may be'remove'd bodily and stored,

and yet kept in ay rolled condition and ready forfquick reattachment.- .This ortion of my deviceis of considerable practicable convenience. Another important feature is that one.v v

-IIence, the necessityof providing some' gear,- .ing which will allowof a'slipp'ingof one -wheel relative to.the" driving shaft 'and an engagement with the driving shaft by theother wheel. .In my construction, no mat ter "how shorttho .turn which is to be made, the feederA and conveyer will Acontinue to operate.

Having .thus describedmy invention, -what I claim is:

...1p-A distribute for wagons having op' the wagon one posed end' frames and distributingmechafniao nism supported on said end frames, each of the end frames having a forwardly and upwardly' projecting hooked extension adapted to engage over the 'sides ol' the wagon body, and each having a paii.` of projecting lugs, and a clamping rod connected f at its lower end to the wagon body and at its upper end eiligaging between the pair ot lugs, said clamping rod having nuts to provide for its adjustment.

2. In' a distributer for wagons, opposed side frames, each having an upwardly and forwardly directed hooked extremity adapted to' engage over the upper edge of the sides of a wagon body, and each provided with a clamping rod forwardly and downwardly extending and connectedfat vits lower end to the wagon body, a beater shaft rotatably mounted in said side frames, a beater thereon, arconveyer-actuating 'shaft carried by said frames, a drive shaft mounted irl said frames and having a driving sprocket wheel thereon, a loose sprocket wheel mounted on one of said frames, in alinementI with the 2 5 driving sprocket wheel, a sprocket on the beater shaft'al'so in alinement/therewith, a sprocket chain connecting the loose sprocket wheel and the driving sprocket wheel and passing over the beater sprocket wheel, loose sprocket wheels on opposite ends ofthe driving shaft, whereby the driving shaft may be rotated, clutches connecting the driving shaft with said'loose sprocket. wheels, and means for throwing the driving sprocket wheel out'of engagement with the driving shaft. u

3. In a distributerfor wagons, a conveyer belt, opposed shafts over which the conveyer belt passes, a drivingshaft, a loose gear 40 wheel on `the driving shaft, connections between said wheel and the conveyer shaft for giving a stejii-by-stepmotion to the latter from the former, gear wheels'mounted. on' opposite ends of the. drivingl shaft, means whereby said gear' wheels may be rotated from ythe traction wheels of the wagon, a lever mounted in the path of movement of .fthe conveyer .and operating tov disconnect.

sprocket chain connecting the loose sprocket wheel with the beater, a hub -on the loose sprocket wheel having outwardly, projecting ratchet gteeth, collars on the o posite Iends Q5 of the driving shaft, both o-*fsaid collars on ying sprocket wheel on the driving shaft, a

their outer ends being provided withot .f wardly projecting ratchet teetli,'and one 1 ofwl said collars having inwardly projecting@ ratchet teeth engaging with the ratchet ,l teeth on the hub of thesprocket wheel, gear wheels loosely mounted on the extremities of" the shaft having inwardly projecting'ratchet l teeth engaging with the outwardly project` ing teeth of said collars, springs for forcing said gearsinto engagement with the col "I 'andineans for driving said gear wheelsfr the. traction wheels 0f the Wagon.,` 5. The combination with a farm;y having a' Wagon body and rearu'tr wheels, said rear traction. wheelsfha sprockets thereon, of a frame attac able and detachable from the rear end offsaii wagon body, said frame having distrib ing mechanism .mounted thereon, a drivi rg j shaft, a loose drivinggear wheel 'ope1jaf,85 tively connected to the distributing Il le'ch'zr nism, said driving gear wheel being ro? vided with a hub having outwardly project'- ing ratchet teeth, collars mountedfon lthe" extremities of the driving shaft, both of 96 said collars having outwardly projecting ratchet teeth, collars mounted on the extremitie's of the driving shaft, both of said collars having outwardly projecting ratchet teeth inclined in the samedirection' with 9'5" each other, and one of the said collars having inwardly 'y projecting ratchet teeth engageable with the teeth on said hub, a spring for forcing said gear wheel outward.. to engage its teeth with the teethV on the adjacent 100 V collar, shifting mechanismconnected to said Vgear wheel for forcing it into and out of such engagement, loose sprocket wheels mounted on the extremities of the driving wheels and to the sprockets on wheels of the wagon. v

6. The combination with av wagon having a wagon box and rear wheels, said wheels the rear 'frame removably attached to the rear'en'd of the wagon box and having'mounted there# on a rotatable beater shaftrand beater,` .a conveyor-operating shaft, an endless confloor of the wagon box, said conveyor hava projecting linger attached thereto,l a driving shaftmounted in the frame and having thereon a loose driving sprocket ,sprocket wheel and engaging Withthe beater shaft, means for rotating the conve er shaft by a stepsby-step 'movement from lt e beater shaft, opposed sprocket wheels on the driv'-V shaft and each provided with inwardly pro- 10F chains extending over the. loose sprocket lbeing provided with sprocket teeth, of a veyer whose path of movement traverses the Wheel, a sprocket chain passing over4 the 125 ing shaft, 'sprocket 'chains connecting the 1 30 directionvsaid ratc -'respor'nimgly arran sprocket wheels` traction wheels, ratchet, mechanism interlocking the sprocket wheels with the driving shaft upon a movement ofthe former in 'one het mechanism being cor-4 wheels'x'a `bell oran lever having one'arm mounted in the athof movement of the con- Shift the same laterally engagement with the driving shaft, an 'actuating rod connected to therefor, of an' auxiliary shaft' edon Voyer-and of t ,v10

vided with' ahan able-tio the rear andy throw it out of4 said bell crank lever and extendingrl -operated lever.

'y 7 {Thecombin'ationj with a frame attachendof the wagon body and out therefrom, and a l tenveyer supportingy and 'driving "Wheels Er'ojectin elt, an

the frame rearwardof conveyer-supprting Wheels andepehding i below the same-and having meansl whereby vvon, and acranklon'sad it mayl7 bejattached tio .said eonveyrh) er- -mit t e4 winding' u p of the eonveer ere-- shaft.

' -8. 'The combination lwith a' frame 'attachi' able tothe rear of ajwagon-body and pro- 80 jecting out therefrom', a conveyer belt, supl with the. sprockets' on the ed for opposite sprocket" e'nger carried thereby, al .connection between the other arm of the bell crank lever4 and said .driving sprocket to forward and, there pro-I sa porty veyr, .wherebyr the sai the,v rear rporting wheels therefor and 'mechanism for rotating said wheels 'and operating the belt, of a shaft detachably mounted on the'frame and depending below the same rearward of the conveyer supporting wheels, said shaft having a rankfat one end and beng'pro- -vded withV hooks whereby it maybe conneoted tothe conveyer to permit the `same to 1 be rolled up thereon.

9.y The combination with a frame attachable tothe rear lend of a wagon body and projecting out therefrom, a'conveyer belt, supporting lwheels therefor, and means for actuating said conveyer Wheels, of rods having detaehable hooked engagement at their upper ends with said' frame, o t

he rods being formed with eyes, va sha-ft rotatably mounted in said eyes and having I' a crank at on'e 6nd,? and hooks fast on said shaft an'd adapt to engage withs'aid coni conveyer'may be wound' upon the. shaft;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence ofl two subscribing witnesses.

lBewaar T. INGHRAM. witnesses A. D. LONG,

C. E; ROGERS. 

